The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-04-14

= not so easily SaC1SneQ. IL q princess IL w
please me she must be both lovely and
wise. And then there is special point I
am afraid I shall think much Of. You
r ssKnos9 how I love apple fritters, and there
isn't cook. in the kingdom who knows
how to make themAto my liking, that is;
neither too pale nor yet too brown, but
{ just nice and crisp. If marry o wife she
must certainly know how to make apple
frittersIn
The minister in his heart was dismayed,
3 but he recovered himself sufficiently to
say, with suitable assurance:
sI am morally Convinced that your
majesty will readily s1nd princess who
knows all about apple fritters, and who,
moreover, viii be happy to make them.".
- ssThen let us look for her." said the
king; and that very day he set out with
$ his minister to visit such Of the neighbor-
ing kings as had princesses to givs away,
3 but there were only three royal 1naidens
! sufficiently lovely and wise to please the
king, and Of these none had learned how
eomake apple fritters
ST do not know much about apple frit-
tiers, Unfortunately, " said the first princess
when the king profered his inquiry, sfbut
ssI can make nice little cheese cakes. Don't
you think that viii doi''
.eNo,n said the king; "I have particu::
{ lar liking for. apple fitters. >,
The second princess was not nearly sc
4 &obHging,s. and said, disdainfully: "Get
along with your nonsensel I,never heard
Of q princess being asked abont apple frit-.
ters. y i..Es
But 1t was the third princess who
proved too much for the king, and she Was
the loyeliest and wisest Of the three. She
did not even wait for his question, but
asked him coolly IL he understood beating
the kettledrum. And when he said he
did not, she would not listen to WORT OF
7 his suit. She was sorry, she said, butshe
had particular fancy for the kettledrum,
and had quite settled In her mind that she
would never marry king who was not q
prufcient upon that instrument.
& Thereupon the king drove home with
his minister, and alighting on his door
step he said, rather meekly, "We must
hope, then, to get ON without q queen"
However a king In the long run cannot
manage by himself, and when some weeks
had passed he sent for his minister and
told him he had given up the idea Of
marrying princess who knew about
apple fritters, and he thought he might
be! very happy with the first Of those
royal maidens they had visited; sthat one
who can make cheese cakes,n he said.
ttGo and ask her to come and be my
queen.,'
But the minister returned from his mis-
sion with the disappointing news that this
Obiging princess was no longer to be had.
She had since married the king Of the
cor1n{yv .yrhorf ranpra OrOyy
Then go and ask the second princess"
But this also proved q fuitless mission.
The old king had told the minister it was
too late now, because his daughter had
died, else no doubt she might have been
found willing.
The king grew thoughtful and consid-
cred long. But since it was plain he
must have queen, he resolved at last to
send his minister to the third princess
fperhaps she had changed her mind. And
the minister had to &C, although he felt
almost certain it was r. useless errand- his
own wife having assured him that, as far as
fher experience went, princesses were apt
to keep to their opinions. The king
AWAITED the minister's return rather
andously. He remembered about the
kettledrum, and thought it vexatious
=,
lister quite graciously, saying it was true
= she had set her heart on marrying o king
who could beat the kettledrum. But
ideals did not realize, and since the king
tptherwise seemed an honest sort Of man.
3she would waive the point and accept him
as her husband.
.Thereupon the minister dashed back at
full speed of-shis horses. The king en-
braced him and said he should have all
the stars and garters Of the kingdom.
From every window in the palace afag
soon YVES waving and earlands were hung
Iabout the streets to grace tho wedding,
which was solemnized with unheard Of
Isplendor.
And for year and day the king and
his young queen lived IN happiest concord.
The king never thought about apple frit-
ters and the queen appeared to have for
gotten about the kettledrum.
D One day, however, the king, rising
Searly, got out Of bed with the wrong leg,
and things took to going wrong in conse-
H4uence.
It was pouring wet day to begin with,
and when the king looked out of the WIN
dow his crown dropped, and was brought
back to him with o great dent in it; pres
emily the court painter arrived with the
Few map Of the kingdom, and when the
king examined it he found the frontiers
Hhad been colored red instead of blue, as he
had ordered; and, finally, the queen semi
word she had O headache.
And thus it happened that the royal
couple fell out for the first time, for what
reason they could not tell themselves, or
|ttf they could they would not. But for o
81 act the King was grumbly and the queen
ouchy, insisting on having the last,word
whenever he spoke, till their chickering's
rrew almost hopeless, and she said, with
curl Of her lip:
s.NowI think you might hold your peace
instead Of finding fault with everything
hIl day long, you who cannot even oeat sne
kettledrum!'
i But Che words had scarcely escaped her
when her royal spouse retorted angr1ly:
tAnG you who do not even know now 10
make epple fitters!'
Then the queen, for the first ume, naa
not an answer back. They were Doth
ilent and retired to their respective rooms.
fThe queen In her own boudoir sat down
and saying to herself: Nv nat
oollsh wife you have proved yourself. TINS
Shay! Why, could not have been more.
Htupid If 7 had tried, who have always
brided myself on my good sense, and to
J.. live him such an answerT
But the king was pacing his own floor,
fubbing his hands quits delghtedly, and
5aying over and over again: CHOW for
unate that have got wife who cannot
make apple fritters; how else could have
net her taunt about my not knowing how,
4o beat a kettledruIn?
31.In fact he grew perfectly happy with
: his thought, and presently fell to whis-
> Ling quito cheerily, till his eyes caught
he queens portrait above his writing
able. and he got upon 9 chair to wipe
way SPIDERS thread which futtered
> Ecfoss her pretty eyes, and after awhile ne